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Coordinated Field Campaigns in Chesapeake Bay and Gulf of MexicoNASA's GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) mission concept recommended by the U.S. National Research Council (2007) focuses on measurements of atmospheric trace gases and aerosols and aquatic coastal ecology and biogeochemistry from geostationary orbit (35,786 km altitude). Two GEO-CAPE-sponsored multi-investigator ship-based field campaigns were conducted to coincide with the NASA Earth Venture Suborbital project DISCOVER-AQ (Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality) field campaigns: (1) Chesapeake Bay in July 2011 and (2) northwestern Gulf of Mexico in September 2013. Goal: to evaluate whether GEO-CAPE coastal mission measurement and instrument requirements are optimized to address science objectives while minimizing ocean color satellite sensor complexity, size and cost - critical mission risk reduction activities. NASA continues to support science studies related to the analysis of data collected as part of these coordinated field campaigns and smaller efforts.
Document ID
20150020463
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Mannino, Antonio
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Novak, Michael
(Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Tzortziou, Maria A.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
November 3, 2015
Publication Date
August 31, 2015
Subject Category
Oceanography
Environment Pollution
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN26700
Meeting Information
Meeting: GEO-CAPE Workshop 2015
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC
Country: United States
Start Date: August 31, 2015
End Date: September 2, 2015
Sponsors: NASA Langley Research Center
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15HQ01C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
GoMex
ocean color
Geo-Cape
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